News Release Number: STScI-2008-28

Hubble Sees Magnetic Monster in Erupting Galaxy

August 20, 2008: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found an answer to a long-standing puzzle by resolving giant but delicate filaments shaped by a strong magnetic field around the active galaxy NGC 1275. It is the most striking example of the
influence of the immense tentacles of extragalactic magnetic fields. The
galaxy was photographed in July and August 2006 with the Advanced Camera
for Surveys in three color filters.